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What's the most unusual baby name you love?

220 replies

WithACherryOnTop · 06/06/2012 19:32

I love Ozymandias nn Ozzy for a boy.

Anakin too.I am a SW geek though.Blush

Horatio.

And for a girl,Pepper.

I doubt that I'd ever use any of them.They're my guilty pleasure names.

What are yours?

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Coniger · 07/06/2012 16:35

Misha for a boy - it is the russian shortening for Michael. I know there are lots of girls called Mischa or Mica but LOVE it for a boy

Dauphin · 07/06/2012 16:32

I really like Sholto and Wilf for Boys

And Hebe for a Girl....

Polkadotfanatic · 07/06/2012 16:31

Somersaults - I love Posy too :) So much that I think I might name a future dd that :)

Mindyourownbusiness · 07/06/2012 15:24

Oh and also it has a lovely meaning i.e. 'asked for' or 'prayed for' which I think is a gorgeous meaning for a baby's name even though my Saul would have been quite by accident.

I cant understand why one letter different from a very popular name Paul can be almost unheard of. So if any of you lovely ladies have a little boy in the future and call him Saul please can I be an honorary auntie in cyberspace or something Grin

Mindyourownbusiness · 07/06/2012 15:15

Saul. I love it. My first DH wouldnt hear of it for either of our two children and he was an Irish catholic so as it's a biblical name I never understood why. My 2nd and still current Grin DH hated it when I first mentioned it to him because he thought it would be heard as Sol (Campbell the footballer) as it sounds very similar. But we only met in our forties both had grown up kids already so it didnt matter. But I actually did get pregnant at 46 which was a surprise caused by carelessness to both of us but it wasnt meant to be and I had a late miscarriage and they told me it was a boy Sad.
I suppose l was never meant to have my little Saul - except in my dreams where he is alive and well and running around playing with my two children who are for some strange reason still toddlers though they are in their thirties now Grin.

Missy44 · 07/06/2012 14:55

I really like Novello for a girl, it's really pretty but DH thinks that the child would always be asked if they liked Ivor Novello. What do you think?

MissM · 07/06/2012 14:47

Isis or Hope for a girl. I love Isis. I also quite like Lolita (oh dear). Clemency that someone mentioned above is beautiful too.

marceline · 07/06/2012 14:15

A friend of mine was named by his sister who was 4. His middle name is Danger. How cool is that!

extremum · 07/06/2012 13:59

Friends allowed their first daughter to name her new baby sister. She's called Bear. I love it!

Ponders · 07/06/2012 13:47

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Ponders · 07/06/2012 13:44

I am currently reading Gyles Brandreth's Westminster diaries. His children are called Benet, Saethryd and Aphra (they are in their 20s & 30s now I think). He says his wife picked them though...

Alex James has Geronimo, Artemis & Galileo (twins), Beatrix, & Sable

Boris Johnson has Lara Lettice, Milo Arthur, Cassia Peaches & Theodore Apollo

I never dared use anything at all unusual Sad

amck5700 · 07/06/2012 13:02

....also love Struan

seeker · 07/06/2012 12:58

Did someon say Grayling?

It's one of my dd's many nicknames- she's actually Grace.

amck5700 · 07/06/2012 12:57

My younger son is called Ciar (the "proper" spelling of Keir :))
we've not come across any others but they are out there somewhere.

NenNen · 07/06/2012 12:55

There was a baby Boycie in hospital with my twins... Just gave me the urge to keep saying 'Marleeeen!'

mrsbugsywugsy · 07/06/2012 12:55

Plus everyone would think Joffrey was Jeffrey which isn't so great (apologies to any Jeffreys out there)

seeker · 07/06/2012 12:55

Clemency. I just love it- and I can't persuade anyone to use it!

SuzySheepSmellsNice · 07/06/2012 12:54

My friend's DD is called Hebe (to rhyme with Phoebe), I think its lovely! :)

bebejones · 07/06/2012 12:51

Oooh yes mrsbugsywugsy had completely forgot about Eddard! Love that too. I actually quite like the name Joffrey but the character is so vile it really puts me off!

Lexiesgirl · 07/06/2012 12:51

Decca or Pier for a girl. Kit for a boy.

Never going to happen...

MrsWindsor · 07/06/2012 12:32

Used to be obsessed with the name Bellatrix. Don't know why. Would probably be pretty evil of me. So I called my cat Bellatrix instead!

quirrelquarrel · 07/06/2012 12:31

Oh yes! Heloise and Abelard. Lovely.

marceline · 07/06/2012 12:29

Taliesin- my most favourite name.

Pudgy2011 · 07/06/2012 12:28

Also loved Lachlan for a boy and Lincoln but will push for those when we have next DC!

mrsbugsywugsy · 07/06/2012 12:23

oooh me too bebe! Also Eddard and Sansa.